- John S. Duncan
John S. Duncan (born c. 1950s) is a British
neurologist specialising inepilepsy . He is a consultant at theNational Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery atQueen Square, London , and is the medical director of theNational Society for Epilepsy inChalfont St Peter .John Duncan qualified from
Oxford University medical school (BM BCh 1979, MA 1980), where he also obtained his medical doctorate (DM 1988). He was elected aFellow of theRoyal College of Physicians of London in 1994.Notable positions:
* 1988 Professor of neurology at the Institute of Neurology (part of
University College London ).
* 1988 Medical director of theNational Society for Epilepsy .
* 2001 Head of the Department of Clinical and Experimental Epilepsy at the Institute of Neurology.
* 2002 Chairman of the Diagnostic Methods Commission of theInternational League Against Epilepsy (and president-elect of the UK Chapter).
* 2005 Ambassador for Epilepsy (International League Against Epilepsy andInternational Bureau for Epilepsy ).John Duncan has published extensively on various aspects of neurology and epilepsy but particularly on the structural and functional imaging of the brain. He is a frequent speaker at international conferences, and is a member of the editorial board of several specialist journals.
He is married to Elizabeth J Duncan, who together have had two children. Alex, 20, is studying Engineering Science at Oxford University at the same college as his father (Worcester). His daughter Anna, 17, is currently studying A-levels (Biology, Chemistry, Geography and English Literature) at Dr Challoners High School in Little Chalfont.
References
* [http://www.epilepsyhelsinki2006.org/comm_biog5b3f.html Scientific Advisory Committe: John Duncan] Helsinki 7th European Congress on Epileptology.
* [http://www.epilepsynse.org.uk/PAGES/whatsnew/events/ambassador0405.cfm John Duncan elected as ambassador for epilepsy] What's new: Recent developments at the NSE.
* [http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/doc_WTD004721.html The cutting edge: Life-changing surgery for epilepsy]Wellcome Trust News.
* [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed&cmd=Search&itool=pubmed_AbstractPlus&term=%22Duncan+JS%22%5BAuthor%5D List of papers at PubMed] .
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